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The opportunities for learning at North Lake College are as diverse as our student body. Students seeking an affordable start toward a bachelor's degree, career and technical skills, personal enrichment, or lifelong learning can pursue their learning goals here.

Complete our transferable core curriculum, one of our degree or certificate programs, or take courses for personal enrichment.

North Lake College Continuing Education offers a variety of personal and professional development courses to fit your learning needs, whether you want to learn a new job skill, enhance your career, or just want to have fun. Our instructors are industry professionals who bring real world experience and hands on skills into the classroom.

Students register for Continuing Education courses in the LEED-certified Workforce Development Center on the Central Campus.

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Course Descriptions for drama

Theater Practicum IThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: Practicum in theater with emphasis on technique and procedures with experience gained in play productions. This course may be repeated for credit. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005065326

Theater Practicum IIThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: Practicum in theater with emphasis on technique and procedures with experience gained in play productions. This course may be repeated for credit. (2 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005065326

Introduction to TheaterThis is a Texas Common Course Number.This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of the DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.Course Description: The various aspects of theater are surveyed. Topics include plays, playwrights, directing, acting, theaters, artists, and technicians. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005015126

Stage MovementThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: Movement is studied as both a pure form and as it is used in all theatrical styles, and in the development of characterization. (2 Lec. 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005065426

Stagecraft IThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.Course Description: The technical aspects of play production are studied. Topics include shop procedures, the planning and fabrication of scenic elements, and backstage operations. (2 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005025126

Acting IThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.Course Description: The theory of acting and various exercises are presented. Body control, voice, interpretation, characterization, and stage movement are included. Both individual and group activities are used. Specific roles are analyzed and studied. (2 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005065126

Theater Practicum IIIThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: Practicum in theater with emphasis on technique and procedures with experience gained in play productions. This course may be repeated for credit. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005065326

Theater Practicum IVThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: Practicum in theater with emphasis on technique and procedures with experience gained in play productions. This course may be repeated for credit. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005065326

DRAM 2289 (2 Credit Hours)This course is not currently offered by North Lake College.Offered at BHC, EFC

Academic CooperativeThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: An instructional program designed to integrate on-campus study with practical hands-on work experience. In conjunction with class seminars, the individual student will set specific goals and objectives in the study of drama. (6 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 2401035212

Voice for the TheaterThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: Emphasis is on improving voice and pronunciation. This course is cross-listed as DRAM 2336. The student may register for either DRAM 2336 or SPCH 1342 but may receive credit for only one of the two. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005065226

Acting IIIThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Prerequisite Required: DRAM 1351 and 1352.Course Description: Emphasis is on the study, rehearsal and performance of selected scenes of various periods and styles. (2 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005065126

DRAM 2361 (3 Credit Hours)This course is not currently offered by North Lake College.Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, RLC

History of Theater IThis is a Texas Common Course Number.This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.Course Description: Drama is surveyed from its beginning through the 16th century. The theatre is studied in each period as a part of the total culture of the period. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005055126

DRAM 2362 (3 Credit Hours)This course is not currently offered by North Lake College.Offered at BHC, ECC

History of Theater IIThis is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: Drama is surveyed from the 17th century through the 20th century. The theatre is studied in each period as a part of the total culture of the period. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5005055126

Introduction to CinemaThis is a Texas Common Course Number.This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.Course Description: Emphasis on the analysis of the visual and aural aspects of selected motion pictures, dramatic aspects of narrative films, and historical growth and sociological effect of film as an art. This course is cross-listed as COMM 2366. The student may register for either DRAM 2366 or COMM 2366 but may receive credit for only one of the two. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5006025126

Academic Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.

WECM Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.